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BENNETT, Cyril Ernest Douglas

Service Number:	56044
Enlisted:	10 May 1918
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born:	Port Pirie, South Australia, 30 May 1889
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cleaner SAR
Died:	Natural Causes, South Australia, 2 April 1978, aged 88 years
Cemetery:	Peterborough Cemetery, SA PLOT - PROTESTANT 6A, 2132
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Peterborough 'LOCO' S.A.R. Roll of Honor, Peterborough War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 May 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Reinforcements WW1
6 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 56044, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: SS Gaika embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
6 Aug 1918:	Embarked Private, 56044, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, SS Gaika, Adelaide
19 Dec 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF)

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Biography

Son of Mary and Alfred Edward BENNETT